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Table 7
Safety precautions, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014

Table 7
Safety precautions, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Safety precautions. The information is grouped by Safety precautions (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Total, Victims and Non-victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Safety precautions^{Table 7 Note 1}	Women		Men		Total
	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 7 Note †}	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 7 Note †}	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 7 Note †}
	percent
Lock windows and doors at home	93^Note *	88^Note **	90^Note *	81	92^Note *	85
Change routine, activities or avoid certain people or places	59^Note *	30^Note **	71^Note *	23	61^Note *	27
Plan routes with safety in mind	62^Note *	48^Note **	48^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	29	60^Note *	39
Check the back seat for intruders when alone and returning to a parked car	54	46^Note **	42^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	23	52^Note *	35
Rather than walk, use a car, a taxi or public transportation for personal safety	55^Note *	38^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	18	49^Note *	28
Carry something for self-defence or to alert other people	43^Note ***	15^Note **	25^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	8	40^Note *	12
Installed burglar alarms, motion detector lights or a video surveillance system	35	33	Note F: too unreliable to be published	32	33	32
Took a self-defence course	32^Note *	12^Note **	35^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	11	32^Note *	11
Installed new locks or security bars	30	26^Note **	38^{Note E: Use with caution}	25	31	26
Obtained a dog	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	8	17^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	9
Stay home at night because of fear of going out alone	18^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	10^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	2	17^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6
Changed residence or moved	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	5^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	4
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note estimate for women significantly different from estimate for men (p < 0.05) but not reference category Return to note referrer Note * estimate for women significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for men (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Questions on safety precautions were asked in a general sense and not in connection to experiences of victimization; therefore, results among victims may not be a direct outcome of the sexual assault they experienced. Return to note 1 referrer Note: Includes spousal and non-spousal sexual assault. 'Victims' refer to those who reported that they were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-07-11